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• Deadloch

  

  When I moved to Australia almost ten years ago now, some of the first stories I was told about my new home were about the horrendous crimes that had been... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 10/8/23

  Politics: Russia is turning food into a weapon in its war against Ukraine: it has announced a naval blockade of the countries ports, destroyed tons of cereals... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: July.

  

  Non-Fiction: Paul Watson: Ice Ghosts. The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition. Jennifer Niven: The Ice Master. The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk.Beth... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Random Mixtape - in the Middle of Existence We Make Way

  

  cable ties | silos. lucy dacus | night shift. water from your eyes | track five. yaeji | what we drew. angel olsen | holding on. feeble little horse | chores.... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: June.

  Non-Fiction: Darrell Hartman: Battle of Ink and Ice. David Roberts: Alone on the Ice.Fiction: Megan Abbott: Beware the Woman.Zaina Arafat: You Exist Too Much.... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Showing Up

  

  Watching Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up, and Michelle Williams’ Lizzy attempting to fit her art into a routine that kept being interrupted by the minutiae of life... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Natten Har Øjne / Attachment

  

  I think it is fitting that a film in which nothing is at it seems, a horror film, is for at least half of its run-time more accurately a very cute and moving... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Blue Jean

  

  Set in Newcastle in 1988, Georgia Oakley’s Blue Jean is an extraordinary film. It centres on the titular Jean (an outstanding Rosy McEwen), a gym teacher, who... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: May.

  Non-Fiction: Richard Parry: Trial by Ice: The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition.R/B Mertz: Burning Butch. A Memoir.Fiction: Liv... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Yellowjackets - The Wilderness Chose.

  

  Yellowjackets: 2x09 Storytelling.Shauna: IT was just us. Lottie: Is there a difference?This whole season of Yellowjackets has been about the question of... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Yellowjackets - They’ve Changed Because of Her.

  

  Yellowjackets: 2x08 It Chooses.Lottie: And now we have to give it what it wants.Does a hunt that has no violence feed anyone?Lottie, after Shauna’s beating,... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Yellowjackets - I Think It’s Time We Woke Up.

  

  Yellowjackets: 2x07 Burial.Burial is as close to a light-hearted episode of Yellowjackets we’ll ever get, and it still features some of the grimmest bits this... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Yellowjackets - It Was a Part of Us.

  

  Yellowjackets: 2x06 Qui.Natalie: We did so much fucked up shit out there. Maybe it was to survive but I don’t think we deserved to.Lottie: The power of that... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Dead Ringers

  

  It doesn’t take long to realise that Dead Ringers is one of the best self-contained seasons of television in a long time. It is, even in its hardest to watch... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: April.

  Non-Fiction: Jenny Odell: Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock.David Grann: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder.Andrea Pitzer:... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Yellowjackets – We Can’t Wait to Meet Him.

  

  Yellowjackets: 2x05 Two Truths and a Lie.How do you survive for more than a year in the wilderness? Survive, not just in the sense of food and shelter – survive... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Yellowjackets – Can This Just Be Enough?

  

  Yellowjackets: 2x04 Old Wounds.Van: I don’t understand why you won’t see what’s right in front of you. In Old Wounds, I changed my mind about Lottie. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Yellowjackets – We All Did It, Together.

  

  Yellowjackets: 2x03 Digestif.Can’t stop what’s comingCan’t stop what’s on its wayTori Amos | Bells for HerThis whole episode is about the fallout of Edible... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Yellowjackets - That’s Not What You’re Hungry For.

  

  Yellowjackets: 2x02 Edible Complex.Shauna: I’ll never have another friend like you. I don’t even know where you end and I begin. I’m sorry, and I love you. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Das Lied Zum Sonntag

  

  Lucy Dacus - Night Shift (on Historian)You got a 9 to 5, so I'll take the night shiftAnd I'll never see you again if I can help itIn five years I hope the... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO